GENERAL INDEX. 



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P. 



PACIFIC Ocean, vastness, 197 ; lagoon isl- 

 ands, 203. 



Palm, U3, 164, 171, 200. 



Pampas, South American plains or prairies, 

 home of the bizcacha, 48 ; Indian inhabi- 

 tants, 105 ; Gaucho, 120, 123; unfavorable 

 to growth of trees, 144 ; not absolutely flat, 

 148; fossil remains, 149; mud formation, 183. 



Pan de Azucar (Span. pron.,pahn da ath-oo- 

 kar) "sugar-loaf" a prominent landmark 

 on the south coast of Uruguay, 143. 



Parana (Span, pron., pah-rah-nah'), one of the 

 chief tributaries of the river Plate, 46, 48, 

 135; broad, 147; full of islands, 144; mud- 

 dy, a neglected highway, 145. 



Paris, the chief city of France, 177. 



Parrot, 41. 



Patagonia, the southernmost country of South 

 America, so named by Magellan on ac- 

 count of the supposed "big feet " (patagon) 

 of the native inhabitants, 41, 43, 45, 47, 71, 

 72; impressive plains, 150, 182. 



Patagonian, like some of the Fuegians, 93 ; 

 like northern Indians, 105 ; height, painted 

 skin, behavior at table, stock of horses, 105. 



Peach-trees used for firewood, 143. 



Peat in Tierra del Fuego, 151. 



Penguin, noise, 53 ; bravery, 66. 



Pepsis, a kind of wasp, 84. 



Pernambuco (Port, pron., perr-nam-boo' fco), 

 a seaport of Eastern Brazil, 113. 



Peru (Span. pron.,^a-roo'), a Spanish-Ameri- 

 can republic on the Pacific coast of South 

 America, 118. 



Petrel, 197. 



Petrified trees, 178, 181. 



Phosphorescent sea, 53, 54. 



Pineapple, 163. 



Plata (Span, pron., plah'tah), the Plate river 

 and estuary, separating Uruguay and the 

 Argentine Confederation the Spanish 

 word, like Argentine and our English plate, 

 means "silver" 29, 46, 53, 145; a muddy 

 expanse, 146, 183. 



Plaza (Span, pron., plath'-afi), the Spanish 

 name for an open square in the heart of a 

 town in Italian, piazza (pe-at'sa), 153. 



Point Venus, Tahiti so called because Cap- 

 tain Cook observed there the transit of the 

 planet Venus, June 3, 1769136. 



Polyp, the coral insect, 200, 203. 



Poncho (Span, pron., pon'tcho), a blanket with 

 a hole in the middle, through which the 

 wearer puts his head, 101. 



Ponsonby Sound, between Hoste and Nava- 

 rin Islands, which form the south coast of 

 Beagle Channel, 102, 175. 



Poplar, 143. 



Porphyry, a hard rock, often of a green color, 

 199. 



Porpoise, mode of swimming, outstrips a ship, 

 53 ; feeds among the kelp, 175. 



Port Famine, in Patagonia, on the Strait of 

 Magellan, at the point where the letter a of 

 Famine is printed on the map, 151, 172. 



Portillo Pass (Span, pron., por-tel'yo), a route 

 over the Andes between Chile and the Ar- 

 gentine Republic the name means a "gap" 

 or "gate" 33. 



Port Valdes (Span, pron., val-ddce'), a station 

 on the east coast of Patagonia, 44, 72. 



Posta, a post-station, 109, 111. 



Promethean matches, consisting of a roll of 

 paper treated with sugar and chlorate of 

 potash, and a small cell containing sulphuric 

 acid when the cell was broken the acid set 

 fire to the composition 125. 



Pulperia (Span, pron., pool-per-e'ah), a drink- 

 ing-shop, 116. 



Puma, or South American lion, range and 

 prey, 44, 45 ; mode of killing, 45 ; drives 

 off condor, 45, 68 ; flesh like veal, 45, 47. 



Pyramids of Egypt, 204. 



Q- 



QUE cosa (Span, pron., kay kos'sah) "what 

 an idea" 115. 



Quillota (Span, pron., kel-yo'tah\ a town of 

 Chile, south-east of Valparaiso, 157, 159. 



Quinquina (Span, pron., ke-re-ke nah), an isl- 

 and on the west coast of Chile, affected by 

 earthquake, 184, 185. 



R. 



RADVCK Archipelago, lagoon islands in the 

 North Pacific, near the equator, 203. 



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